Sugar container and dispenser



S. E. E. BACHE.

SUGAR CONTAINER AND DISPENSER. AAAAAAAAAAA FILED AUG 9.1920.

1,386,221 Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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S. E. E. BACHE.

SUGAR CONTAINER AND DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9 I920. 1,386,221.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

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S. E. E. BACHE. SUGAR CONTAINER AND DISPENSER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, 1920.

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BIGVALD EDMUND ENGELHARDT BACHE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

i SUGAR CONTAINER A ND DISPENSER. i

Speciilcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

Application med August 9, 1920. Serial No. 402,409.

To all/whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SIGVALD E. E. BACHE, a citizen of Denmark, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Sugar Containers and Dispensers,of which the following is a speclfication.

This invention relates to improvements 1n sugar containers anddispensers and lts chief object is to provide means for economizing inthe use of sugar in restaurants, hotels, and ublic eating placesgenerally. A further object is to provide means. for dispensing sugar,for individual use, 1n a sanitary manner. A further object 1s. toprovide means for economically dispensing pulverized sugar inpredetermined quant1- ties without waste. With the foregomg and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter fully described, pointed out inthe appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings whlchform a part of this specification and in which- Figure l is a view of myimproved sugar container and dispenser in front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a cross section through the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the device.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken at ri ht angles to Fig. 3.

L e reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the Stand havin the flared base 2 inwhich the opening 3 1s formed. Just below the upper end of the stand Iform the partition 4 having the central perforation 5 for the rotaryshaft 6 and the perforation 7 that registers with one end of the chute 8that extends obliquely downward and out throughthe opening 3 in the saidbase. The said shaft 6 is secured fast to the feed wheel 9 through thecenter of which it extends, said feed wheel lying flat upon the artition4 and being. of a diameter but slightly less than that of saidpartition, said feed wheel being formed with a ring of perforations 10centered about the shaft-opening therein and said perforatlons l0 beingadapted to register consecutively with the tition.

Fast to the lower end of said rotary shaft 6 is the circular ratchet 11the teeth of which are adapted for operative engagement by the pawl 12fulcrumed upon the screw 13 to the hand lever 14 that is fulcrumed tosaid shaft 6 above the ratchet 11, the free end of said lever 14extending through an elongated slot 15 in the stand l, an angle piece 16secured to said stand at one end of its slot 15 serving as a stop forsaid lever. A spring 17 connects said lever and the said pawl 12 toretain the latter in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet. Bymanually moving the/free end of the lever from its normal position atthe end of the slot 15 adjacent the lug 18, to which member it isfiexibly secured by the spring 19, to the end of said slot adjacent thestop 16 the pawl l2 is caused to move the ratchet 11, shaft 6 and feedwheel 9 about the axis of the shaft 6 a distance substantially equal tothe distance from the center of one feedwheel-perforation 10 to thecenter of the adjacent perforation 10 so that the perforation 10 shown,in Fig. 3, in alinement with the partition perforation 7 would be movedout of such alinement and the next perforatlon 10 brought into alinementwith the perforation 7. The hand lever after each movement into contactwith the stop 16 is returned to normal position by the springperforation 7 of the `said par- 19. After each forward movement of theratchet, just described, a return movement of the same is prevented bythe stop pawl fulcrumed upon screw 21, carried by the artition 4, saidstop pawl being connected y spring 22 to the post 23 depending from thepartition 4.

Arranged within the upper end of the stand 1 u on the partition 4 is thecylindershaped g ass drum 24 connected to said stand by thediametrically opposite metal strips 25 to which the handles 26 aresecured, said strips 25 being notched to receive the metal ring 26a thatcarries the removable cover 27 which serves as a closure for the upperend of Said drum. Disposed between the drum 24 and feed wheel 9 upon thepartition 4 is a spacer ring 28 which rises above said feed wheel toform the beveled bead 29 and integral therewith upon one side of thedrum is the hood 30l that rises substantially above said feed wheel andprojects inwardly thereover covering the shaft-opening in said feedwheel as well as a portion of the face of said Wheel, said hood servingas a sugar shed to prevent all of the sugar from runnin out from thedrum through the perforation 10 in alinement with thepartition-perforation 7.

In use the drum is filled with sugar, the cover 27 being first removed.A large spoon or other receptacle is placed beneath the outer end of thechute 8. The sugar poured into the drum fills the severalfeed-wheelperforations 10. Movement of the lever 14 from the positionshown in full lines, Fig. 4, to the position shown dotted will positionone feedwheelperforation filled lwith sugar in alinement with thepartition perforation 7 when the sugar will run therethrough and throughthe spout 8 into the contalner provided. Successive movements of thesaid lever 14 will osition the successive feed-wheel-perforatlons inalinement with the partition perforationl 7 and so withdraw the contentsof the drum in a predetermined and sanitary manner.

In a sugar container and dispenser, a stand formed with an elongatedslot, a perforated partition in said stand, a chute extending throughsaid stand and registering with the perforated portion of said parti'-tion, a feed wheel arranged to rotate upon said partition, said feedwheel being formed with a circle ofV perforations adapted to registerconsecutively with the perforation in said partition, a drum arran edupon said partition and extending aove said feed wheel, a spacer ringdisposed between said drum and feed wheel upon said partition, a sugarshed integral with said spacer ring and projected over a portion of saidlfeed wheel to closely cover any perforation in said wheel while thesame is in alinement with the perforation in said partition, a shaft forsaid feed wheel extending centrally through said partition, a ratchetwheel upon said shaft, and a hand lever fulcrumed to said shaft forengagement with the said ratchet wheel whereby an intermittent movementmay be imparted to said shaft, the free end of said lever projectingthrough the slot in said stand.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIGVALD EDMUND ENGELHARDT BACHE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. ROLAND, Jnssm M. CRUDEN.

